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Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
AP sets up a toll booth for bloggers citing its stories — The AP's disharmony with bloggers may have only just begun, as the alternative it's now offering to being served with takedown notices involves paying an up-front sum for excerpting online articles — as few as five words.
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Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Associated Press: You owe me at least $132,125! — The Internet firestorm over the Associated Press's heavy-handed attempt to bully bloggers over fair use article excerpts has been absolutely schadenfreude-licious. Now, it's time to turn the tables. If your blog or blog commenters …
Patterico's Pontifications:
Irony Alert: AP Attacks Blogs for Quoting Their Stories, Then Quotes Even More Extensively from Blogs — So the AP has been threatening bloggers who quote their stories: … Even after an AP spokesman acknowledged that the organization's tactics were “heavy-handed,” they still didn't really back off:
NY Daily News:
Hil and Obama, together again: First joint appearance to rally her donors — Hil and Obama, together again — Hillary Clinton will join Barack Obama for a joint appearance in Washington next week to persuade her donors to begin giving to the Democrats' nominee, the Daily News has learned.
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NO QUARTER, Taylor Marsh, Gawker, The Democratic Daily, The Sundries Shack, Wake up America, TIME.com, TPM Election Central, Boston Globe and Salon
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
‘Danger Signs’ as Clinton Supporters Resist Obama — Democratic Candidate Leads but Still Struggles to Win Over Key Groups — Sen. Barack Obama has emerged from his bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination with only a six point lead over Sen. John McCain and claiming …
Julia Hoppock / Political Punch:
Obama Pushes Back on McCain Camp Terrorism Attacks — Responding to charges by the campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, that comments he made to ABC News indicate he has a “naive” pre-9/11 view of terrorism, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, told reporters Tuesday that Republicans are not trying …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
McCain Campaign Makes ‘Sept. 10’ Argument About Obama, Clarke Calls It the ‘Big Lie’
McCain Campaign Makes ‘Sept. 10’ Argument About Obama, Clarke Calls It the ‘Big Lie’
Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross — WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.
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New York Times:
After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction — Michelle Obama's eyes flicker tentatively even as she offers a trained smile. As her campaign plane arcs over the Flathead Range in Montana, she is asked to consider her complicated public image.
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Brilliant at Breakfast, Shakesville, TalkLeft, Comments from Left Field, The Huffington Post, Gawker, Hot Air and Lynn Sweet
Tennessee Center for Policy Research:
For Immediate Release: June 17, 2008 — Gore's personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations — NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President's home energy use surged more than 10% …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Targeting Steny Hoyer for his contempt for the rule of law — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — It is now definitively clear that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is the driving force behind a bill — written by GOP Sen. Kit Bond — to vest the President with vast …
Los Angeles Times:
‘Curveball’ speaks, and a reputation as a disinformation agent remains intact — The Iraqi refugee and German intelligence source code-named Curveball, left, meets with reporter John Goetz somewhere in Germany. His tall tales of Saddam Hussein's mobile germ weapons labs helped the White House justify the invasion of Iraq.
SteveK / TVNewser:
How F&F Became WPITW — Keith Olbermann gave Fox & Friends the gold on the Worst Persons list last night. — That's the short story. The long story has actually very little to do with either the Countdown anchor or the FNC morning show. It goes back to Friday night …
Examiner:
MKH on O'Reilly — Many thanks to Allah Pundit for grabbing this clip for me. — In thinking about the video we discuss in the clip below, it makes perfect sense that it would portray an appeal to vote Democrat as a one-night stand. Both activities are mostly the province of the young and irresponsible …
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The Other McCain
Telegraph:
Abu Qatada: Islamic cleric is released from jail — Abu Qatada, the radical Islamic cleric described as Osama bin Laden's “right-hand man in Europe”, has been released from jail after a judge ruled that there were no grounds to keep him in prison. — The decision to allow him to return …
Nate Silver / The New Republic:
Today's Polls: Yes, Obama's Still Bouncing — An odd day of polling, but one attention-grabbing result dominates the rest. That is from Ohio, where Public Policy Polling has Barack Obama ahead by 11 points. While Public Policy Polling developed a reputation as being somewhat Obama-friendly …
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Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Dear Chuck Todd and NBC: Iraq Matters — Chuck Todd calls Moveon's latest ad, featuring a mother asking McCain not to kill her child with irresponsible warmongering in Iraq, ‘shameless’. — I didn't notice any outcry from NBC when Progress for America aired this ad …
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Jessica Peres / KGO-TV:
Some counties refuse same-sex marriages — There are three counties in California which have completely stopped performing weddings because of the State Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages. Those are Kern, Calaveras, and Butte County. — The Kern County clerk in Bakersfield …
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